We lost (hopefully only temporarily) one of the guys on my shift recently, when someone ran a stopsign and hit him in the left side of his motorcycle. He lost his left leg below the knee and is currently awaiting a prosthesis. He hopes to be able to get back on the job.

The Class of '86 has lost several members since we graduated, but on June 19, 2013, we suffered an unbearable tragedy. Derek and Leigh Hayes El Dada were killed when the motorcycle they were riding was hit head-on near Lake Murray, in Saluda County.

Leigh and Derek had been together since our days at Dreher. Theirs was a rare one of high school sweethearts who married after graduation and were still together 27 years later.

They leave behind 2 teenage daughters, 17 and 13. Derek was a sergeant with the Richland County Sheriff's Department, and the RCSD is setting up a fund to help with the the care and well-being of their girls. The planning committee for the Dreher Class of '86 Reunion has decided to donate all leftover money from the reunion to the Sheriff's Department fund...

Derek El Dada was a good guy. He was a Sergeant with Richland County SO. He was respected and well liked by his deputies. It is a huge loss for the department for sure. They are giving his shift some time off to deal with it. I believe he and his wife had two teenage children.

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